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MSNBC tells @FreeBeacon it was “unaware” that Al Sharpton received $500k from Kamala Harris campaign prior to friendly interview

But network declined comment on whether Sharpton faced discipline for violating company’s conflicts of interest policy 🧵 MSNBC ignored our inquiries on this for 2 weeks, but finally responded after the Society of Professional Journalists said these payments are a “black eye” for the network

Story link here: freebeacon.com/media/msnbc-sa…

EXCLUSIVE @FreeBeacon:

Kamala Harris campaign gave $500k to Al Sharpton's nonprofit just before a glowing interview with the MSNBC host.

The remittance to Rev. Al part of $5.4 million that Harris gave to black and Latino groups.

freebeacon.com/elections/kama… Team Kamala gave $250k to Sharpton's National Action Network on Sept. 5 and again on Oct. 1.

On Oct. 3, Sharpton aired a video message from Harris wishing him happy birthday on his weekend MSNBC show "PoliticsNation."

He did a softball interview w/ her on Oct. 20

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A mystery PAC called AllVote has been sending misleading text messages to voters about registration and polling locations.

We followed the bread crumbs back to a complex network of Dem super PACs, and dirty tricks Dem donor REID HOFFMAN freebeacon.com/elections/some… AllVote is a project of Rapid Resist Action and a group called Movement Labs. AllVote spox @cmclymer apologized this week for the group’s misleading text campaign, but declined to disclose the group/donors behind it

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State Department is standing by an adviser who spoke at an anti-Israel rally that saw chants of "Death to Israel," praise for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and calls for Jews to be returned "back to Poland." freebeacon.com/biden-harris-a… Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud serves on State's Assembly of Local Leaders, for 20 mayors and local leaders to "share their views or concerns with foreign policy topics directly with the Department."

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Colin Allred Embraces Pro-Farrakhan Pastor Who Accused Israel of 'Apartheid' One Day After Oct. 7
freebeacon.com/elections/coli… Allred appeared at the church of Rev. Frederick Haynes on Sept. 17, to receive a Senate endorsement. Haynes, who has called Farrakhan a "wonderful man," spoke about his collaboration with antisemitic activist Tamika Mallory seconds after praising Allred.

SCOOP:

Tim Walz Falsely Claimed to Be Veteran of Afghanistan War

A veteran confronted Walz aides about this in 2009, per video obtained by @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/elections/tim-… He posed with a “Enduring Freedom Veterans for Kerry” poster in 2004, and his campaign website in 2006 called him a “veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.”

He never set foot in Afghanistan, serving just in Norway and Italy

So far the White House press corps has asked more questions in today's briefing about the White House dog than they have about Hunter Biden. 3 questions about the angry dog so far, and 1 about Hunter

Biden DOJ charges think tank official who gave FBI info on Hunter Biden back in 2019.

Gal Luft gave the FBI details about Biden and CECF China Energy, the CCP energy firm. More to come… freebeacon.com/biden-administ… One of the charges against Gal Luft is for foreign agent violations. Same charge the Hunter Biden was investigated for but which federal prosecutors declined to bring.

*FBI paid Steele dossier source Igor Danchenko $220,000.

*Stefan Halper, a confidential FBI source, falsely told his FBI handlers in Dec. 2016 that Carter Page said he met in mid-2016 with a Russian official. No charges for Halper. freebeacon.com/elections/durh… A damning statement attributed to Peter Strzok, who opened Crossfire Hurricane in July 2016 based on the Papadopulos tip. Strzok told an assistant FBI legal attache in London in Aug. 2016 that "there's nothing to this."

Reid Hoffman, a Dem donor with ties to Jeffrey Epstein who's funded various Dem disinfo operations, is funding E. Jean Carroll's rape defamation lawsuit against Trump.

Some new details on the network of nonprofits involved in this. freebeacon.com/democrats/dem-… Integrity First for America is a big one. Hoffman funded the group, which was founded by Jean Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, to "step up the legal pressure on President Donald Trump's business empire."

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Top Dem operatives have a little-known side gig at a consulting firm representing some controversial clients: an ag company under fire from civil rights groups for a facility it wants to build on historical slave sites, & a natural gas trade group.

freebeacon.com/democrats/they… The firm is ABI Associates, co-founded by American Bridge 21st Century's Bradley Beychok. James Carville is an adviser, as is Biden pollster John Anzalone.

ABI, which offers to "reduce negative press for its clients," just signed up to lobby for Greenfield Louisiana LLC.

Think tank executive provided 'explosive' info to FBI about Hunter Biden's Chinese deals, lawyer says

Here's what Dr. Gal Luft says he told the FBI about Hunter Biden and CEFC China back in 2019. Based on reporting from @CarolineGlick
freebeacon.com/biden-administ… There will certainly be skepticism of what Luft is saying about Biden and about his FBI meetings. But a couple of things show he was in a position to have insight into CEFC China:

There's not a lot of info on State Energy HK, the Chinese company that wired $3 million to Hunter Biden and friends.

They're reportedly linked to CEFC, the better-known Chinese firm that Hunter worked for. Another interesting connection... State Energy HK donated $2.9 million to a Serbian think tank operated by Vuk Jeremic, per Serbian media. anti.media/en/istrazivanj…

Jeremic was a consultant for CEFC and was one of the first to approach Hunter Biden about working for that firm. Other stuff...

Icymi: We now have an update to this story from last month, and it was a political appointee who gave false info to reporters about the China spy balloon.

It was Colin Kahl, longtime Biden aide and frequent purveyor of disinformation.

https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1622674426545176576

Senators identified Kahl as the Pentagon official who told reporters that China sent spy balloons over US during Trump years. What he didn't say is that those weren't discovered until recently. @Kredo0 reported the Senators' findings: freebeacon.com/national-secur…

Here's a thread on the advisers for @semafor's partnership with a Chinese Communist Party front group. Still no word on how much China is giving Semafor for this. freebeacon.com/media/semafor-… Chinese advisory board members:
Chen Deming: former minister of commerce and CCP member since 1974.

Cui Tiankai: former China ambassador who has said Beijing's goal with Uyghurs is "trying to turn them into normal persons."

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Think tank exec claims he gave damning info to FBI about HUNTER BIDEN in March 2019.

Gal Luft and Hunter have mutual ties to CECF China Energy

Exclusive details here: freebeacon.com/biden-administ… Luft revealed this after his arrest in Cyprus on arms trafficking charges. He claims he's being retaliated against for coughing up dirt on the Bidens.

The nature of Luft's info isn't entirely clear, and he could certainly be bluffing to help his case. But...

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Republicans are asking Hunter Biden for records of his dealings w/ ex-Serbian official Vuk Jeremic.

Those dealings include CEFC China Energy, a campaign for UN secretary general, and a White House meeting w/ Biden adviser Colin Kahl.
freebeacon.com/biden-administ… Jeremic, the former Serbian foreign affairs minister, approached Hunter in 2015 on behalf of CEFC to discuss "many interesting projects."

Jeremic was later at the center of the federal case against CEFC's Patrick Ho, who Hunter represented.

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Biden White House and House Dems are colluding with dark money group to stymie GOP’s Biden probes.

Eric Swalwell, who’s said dark money is “poisoning” democracy, took part in the group’s press call this week. freebeacon.com/democrats/meet… Brad Woodhouse, a senior adviser to the Congressional Integrity Project, attended a White House meeting with Dem operatives in September.

DOJ charges two people in attack on pro-life pregnancy center in Hialeah, Fla. in June 2022. They graffitied “if abortions are not safe, neither are you.” They tagged the walls with “Janes Revenge.” justice.gov/opa/pr/two-def… Caleb Freestone, one of those charged, was arrested 2 weeks later in an incident at a Miami-Dade County school board meeting. He disrupted meeting after ppl called him Antifa. He said he was in groups called Extinction Rebellion and Whatever It Takes wlrn.org/education/2022…

If you think Charles McGonagal's relationship with Oleg Deripaska was bad, wait til you hear about @Chris_D_Steele. Steele was a far bigger player in the Trump-Russia probe than McGonagal. A thread: While Steele was working for the FBI and for Democrats, he lobbied DOJ officials on behalf of Deripaska, who had visa issues at the time. He claimed that Deripaska was not the Kremlin puppet that U.S. officials believed. The DOJ's inspector general report has details:

This is something....While at FBI, Charles McGonigal essentially opened an investigation into an American lobbyist working for Albania's opposition party. McGonigal was at the time covertly on the payroll of Albanian agents. courtlistener.com/docket/6675012… The indictment doesn't specify, but this could be the FBI investigation into former Trump aide Nick Muzin, who represented the Democratic Party of Albania. ocnal.com/2018/03/fbi-la…